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Seasonal Fruits
Seasonal Fruits and Complementary Flavors
Here is a handy chart to refer to when dealing with fruit. What you do with this information is up to you: dessert pizza? blueberry tart with lemon curd? ginger-plum cobbler? Apple and pear pie with honey and cardamom? A couple of these aren't technically fruits, but that's okay. Just go with it.
Spring Complementary Flavors
apricots honey, almond, basil
grapes citrus zest, thyme
pineapples mint, caramel, honey
strawberries basil, black pepper, balsamic vinegar
mangoes cilantro, yogurt, mint, honey
rhubarb basil
Summer
Cherries mace, citrus zest
Blueberries lemon zest
Blackberries lemon, mint
Raspberries lemon, mint
Peaches/Nectarines almond, honey, ginger
Plums ginger, caramel
Watermelon basil, chile pepper
Fall
Apples caramel, honey, cinnamon, cardamom
Pears Riesling, honey, cinnamon
Figs honey, ginger
Persimmons cinnamon, ginger
Pomegranates honey, ginger, orange
Quince cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg
Pumpkin ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey
Winter
Citrus mint, honey, lemon verbena, thyme
Year-Round
bananas rum, caramel, chocolate, strawberries
Allspice, angelica, anise, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger, lemon peel, mace, nutmeg, mint, orange peel, rosemary, tarragon and coriander are also all viable additions to fruits. Don't forget these flavors when it comes to infusing flavors into custards or sorbets/granitas, either.
Here is a handy chart to refer to when dealing with fruit. What you do with this information is up to you: dessert pizza? blueberry tart with lemon curd? ginger-plum cobbler? Apple and pear pie with honey and cardamom? A couple of these aren't technically fruits, but that's okay. Just go with it.
Spring Complementary Flavors
apricots honey, almond, basil
grapes citrus zest, thyme
pineapples mint, caramel, honey
strawberries basil, black pepper, balsamic vinegar
mangoes cilantro, yogurt, mint, honey
rhubarb basil
Summer
Cherries mace, citrus zest
Blueberries lemon zest
Blackberries lemon, mint
Raspberries lemon, mint
Peaches/Nectarines almond, honey, ginger
Plums ginger, caramel
Watermelon basil, chile pepper
Fall
Apples caramel, honey, cinnamon, cardamom
Pears Riesling, honey, cinnamon
Figs honey, ginger
Persimmons cinnamon, ginger
Pomegranates honey, ginger, orange
Quince cinnamon, ginger, clove, nutmeg
Pumpkin ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey
Winter
Citrus mint, honey, lemon verbena, thyme
Year-Round
bananas rum, caramel, chocolate, strawberries
Allspice, angelica, anise, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, ginger, lemon peel, mace, nutmeg, mint, orange peel, rosemary, tarragon and coriander are also all viable additions to fruits. Don't forget these flavors when it comes to infusing flavors into custards or sorbets/granitas, either.
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